Printing textiles is expected to have a 20% annual growth rate

The clothes you wear, the wall hangings at home, the wall coverings for decoration... Textiles are everywhere and readily available. Most of these textiles are simulated and dyed, and digital printing and dyeing is rapidly emerging. In the future, many textiles will be printed as if they were printed. We learned from the 2016 China International Textile Machinery Exhibition and ITMA Asia Exhibition (ITMAASIA+CITME2016) held at the National Convention and Exhibition Center (Shanghai). From this year to 2020, digital printing will see rapid growth in the field of textile printing and dyeing. There will be a 20% increase in the proportion each year.

According to Komatsu Kemin, director of the inkjet business of Konica Minolta Group, which participated in the above-mentioned exhibition, the global textile market is about 20 billion meters in 2016, of which analog printing and dyeing (mesh) is the overwhelming majority. (Print) only accounted for 4% of the market share, but has shown a strong growth trend, from this year to 2020 is expected to have a 20% annual growth rate.

With the maturity of technology, printing digital printing and dyeing has almost the same high productivity as traditional printing machines; at the same time, it can realize the production requirements of small and multi-variety printing and dyeing. For this reason, inkjet printing machines have broad prospects for development. Konica Minolta Co., Ltd. exhibited the "NASSENGER10" and "NASSENGER8" models of the scanning high-speed inkjet textile printing machine at the exhibition, which was the first time it was exhibited at an Asian exhibition. In addition, the "NASSENGER" series uses nylon fabric dye ink (acid ink) in the lineup of new colors of fluorescent yellow and fluorescent pink.

InfoTrends' annual digital print textile market forecast report also confirms this. It is predicted that in 2018, compared to 2013, digital printing textiles (ornaments, apparel and industrial fabrics) will have an annual growth rate of 39%. The global textile market has a market capitalization of $1 trillion and has more than 7 million customers. Traditional printed fabrics account for the largest share of 35 million square meters, while digital printed textiles only account for 800,000 square meters. The time from traditional printing to digital printing has matured.